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21.05.2026 14:20 A trainer aircraft of the Philippine Air Force crashed in Benguet province on Wednesday morning, killing its two pilots.

21.05.2026 14:20 The Philippine Air Force on Wednesday said its tactical airlift and disaster response capabilities received a major boost following the formal commissioning of two brand new Bell 412EPX utility helicopters.

21.05.2026 14:20 Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen , Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Elizabeth Warren , Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent demanding an explanation for the Trump Administration's decision to remove sanctions on Delcy Rodríguez, acting President of Venezuela and a key actor in Nicolas Maduro's repressive regime.

21.05.2026 14:20 Yesterday, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen , Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Ted Cruz introduced the bipartisan Reassessing the United States-Tanzania Bilateral Relationship Act.

21.05.2026 14:20 Today, the Justice Department announced criminal charges against Leonard Pick, 62, of Palm Beach Shores, Florida, and Brian Kent, 59, of Tampa, Florida, for orchestrating a bribery and major fraud conspiracy that corrupted the competitive procurement process for a Department of War technology innovation lab in the Pacific.

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21.05.2026 14:20 "Israel has every right to prevent provocative flotillas of Hamas terrorist supporters from entering our territorial waters and reaching Gaza. However, the way that Minister Ben Gvir dealt with the flotilla activists is not in line with Israel's values and norms."

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21.05.2026 14:20 The commander of the 401st Armoured Brigade of the Israeli military has been seriously injured in a drone operation conducted by Hezbollah resistance fighters against the occupation forces' positions in southern Lebanon.

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21.05.2026 14:20 UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday strongly condemned Israel's decision to establish military facilities at a seized UNRWA compound in occupied East Jerusalem, calling the move "wholly unacceptable".

21.05.2026 14:20 Before heading to strike sites in war-torn Lebanon, rescue workers and paramedics often say goodbye to one another - a ritual captured in widely shared videos reflecting the growing dangers faced by aid workers since hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel erupted on 2 March.

21.05.2026 14:20 The General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation has expressed its grave concern and strong condemnation of media reports regarding the intention of the so-called "Somaliland" to open a so-called "embassy" in occupied Al-Quds , in flagrant defiance of the will of the entire international community and in grave violation of the principles of the United Nations Charter and relevant UN resolutions.

21.05.2026 14:20 The Arab League has denounced the decision by the breakaway region of Somaliland to open an embassy in the Israeli-occupied al-Quds, describing the move as "absolutely unacceptable."

21.05.2026 14:20 The General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation expressed its strong condemnation of the crime of aggression, violence, and humiliation committed by the Israeli occupation forces, under the supervision of the extremist "National Security Minister" Itamar Ben-Gvir, against the Al-Sumoud Flotilla , which was carrying international activists and urgent humanitarian and relief aid to the Gaza Strip.